Hardware Question

[Dan Jenkins]

On Thu, 8 Apr 2004, Matt Brodeur wrote:

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> On Thu, Apr 08, 2004 at 10:17:12AM -0400, Tom Buskey wrote:
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> > I've found PC133 ram and PC100 ram are not interchangeable.  If you have a
> > 100Mhz system, you can't put PC133 ram in it.
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>    Huh?  I do this all the time.  The reverse is definately true, but
> I can't remember ever having problems underclocking memory.  I'm
> pretty sure I've even run PC133 in a PC66 system.
>    It is of course possible for a system to detect the memory type and
> refuse to use something it thinks is too fast.  I haven't seen it
> (again, only the reverse), but that may be what you've run in to before.

Good timing. I happen to be at a client now to do, among other things,
memory upgrades. PC133 RAM will definitely not work in older model (circa
1999) IBM systems. I have found the same problem in Gateway systems.

I have also had PC133 work perfectly well in older systems. So, it varies
from system to system.

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